The Weights and Measures (Various Foods) (Amendment) Order 1990

Amendment of the Weights and Measures (Miscellaneous Foods) Order 1988

3.  The Weights and Measures (Miscellaneous Foods) Order 1988(1) is hereby amended as follows:—

(a) in article 2, by deleting the definition of “coffee bag” and substituting therefor the following:

““coffee bag” means a permeable sealed bag, which is intended to be immersed in water or to have water percolated through it, containing coffee, or a coffee mixture, or a combination of either coffee or a coffee mixture (or both) with a lesser quantity of instant coffee”;

(b) in article 3 —

(i) in paragraph (1), by deleting the words “and cut lump salt”; and

(ii) in paragraph (2), by deleting the words “cut lump salt and”; and

(c) in Schedule 1—

(i) in the item relating to barley kernels, pearl barley etc, by deleting the entry in column (2) and substituting therefor:

“125 g, 250 g, 375 g, 500 g or a multiple of 500 g.”;

(ii) in the item relating to tea in a tea bag, by adding in column (2) the following note:

“Note

In the case of tea in a tea bag the prescribed quantities and quantity marking relate to the contents.”; and

(iii) in the item relating to tea other than tea in a tea bag,

(aa) by amending the description in column to read as follows:

“Tea, other than instant tea or tea in a tea bag”; and

(bb) in column (2), by deleting the words “(other than tea in a tea bag)” and substituting therefor “(other than instant tea or tea in a tea bag)”.

(1)

S.I. 1988/2040.